Carter Eye Lasik Vision Correction Blog

Eye glasses and contacts can be annoying and expensive. Both may become lost, both can be damaged, and both can be just another headache in your already busy life. For years people have been looking for a solution that can permanently solve the issue of having to wear glasses or contacts. Many people find success with LASIK, but there are those who are not good candidates or do not want to undergo this procedure.

One alternative to LASIK is the implantable collamer lens, or ICL. One of the manufacturers of these lenses is Visian, and used by Carter Eye Center. The ICL is surgically implanted to correct nearsightedness, and is placed just behind the iris and in front of the eye's natural lens. Once it has been placed, you will not be able to see it or feel it, unlike contacts if they begin to irritate your eye. Also unlike contacts, once the Visian ICL™ has been placed, there is nothing more that you need to do with it.

The ICL procedure can be completed in less than ten minutes. A small incision is made at the edge of the cornea and the ICL is placed behind the iris. Due to the small size of the incision, healing is very quick. You will notice an improvement in your vision almost immediately and no one will be able to tell that the ICL is there behind the iris.

If you are interested in a permanent solution to nearsightedness, please contact the experienced Visian ICL™ doctors at Carter Eye Center in Dallas, Texas.

Presbyopia is a condition attributed to aging eyes, which often leads to the development of cataracts. For many years, the solution has been cataract surgery in which the natural lens is removed and replaced with an intraocular lens (IOL). An IOL replaces the natural lens and helps to restore clear vision.

While IOLs have been around for years, they have mostly been monofocal, meaning that you may only see objects at a distance, which still means you need reading glasses to see things close up. However, the Crystalens® IOL is one of a number of multifocal lenses allowing people to see at different ranges. Crystalens® functions very similar to your natural lens.

Accommodation

Your natural lens is able to focus at many different distances due to accommodation. This is the process of the muscles relaxing and contracting, which change the shape of the lens. This allows for refractive differences as light is reflected differently on the retina at each distance. As we age, the ability of our lens to accommodate decreases. However, the flexibility of the Crystalens® IOL allows similar accommodation as your natural lens, unlike the rigidity of monofocal lenses.

The accommodation ability of Crystalens® IOLs makes them a more versatile option for cataract patients than other IOLs.

To find out more about how Crystalens® IOL can improve your vision in the Dallas, Texas area, please contact Carter Eye Center to consult with the first ophthalmologist in the US to implant the FDA approved Crystalens®.